Plouhar, Raymond James
From LAKE ORION, MI, SSGT Plouhar, Raymond James served with the MARINE CORPS, H&S CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on June 26, 2006 in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 30. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Plouhar, Raymond James of LAKE ORION, MI, 30 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with H&S CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA at the rank of SSGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on June 26, 2006 in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: June 26, 2006. Hometown: LAKE ORION, MI.
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Plouhar, Raymond James was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.